Society tames the wolf into a dog. And man is the most domesticated animal of all.

Illusions are certainly expensive amusements; but the destruction of illusions is still more expensive, if looked upon as an amusement, as it undoubtedly is by some people.

Against war it may be said that it makes the victor stupid and the vanquished revengeful.

Our drives are reducible to the will to power. The will to power is the ultimate fact at which we arrive.

Every word has its fragrance: there is a harmony and a disharmony of fragrances, and hence of words.

Whoever is related to me in the height of his aspirations will experience veritable ecstasies of learning; for I come from heights that no bird ever reached in its flight, I know abysses into which no foot ever strayed.

It is no doubt possible to fly--but first you must know how to dance like an angel.